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No. 515,354. Patented Mar. 6;;194(

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UNITED STATES PATENT iErcE.

NATHAN BARNEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,854, dated March 6, 1894.

Application tiled June 2l, 189

3 Serial No.478I380. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN BAENEY, of Brooklyn, in the county of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping Cars or Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists or" an improved dumping car or wagon in which the body portion is divided transversely into two sections, the said sections being hinged together at their upper adjacent edges, and one section being pivot-ally mounted in a rigid support secured to the bottom frame and the other being pivotally mounted in an oscillating support which is also pivoted in swinging adjustment to the said bottom frame.

A practical embodiment of my invention isA represented in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical -section through the car when in its loaded position. Fig. 2 is a similar view in side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the car in the position for dumping its contents.

The body of the car is divided transversely into two sections A and B, about half way the length of the said body portion. The said sections are hinged together at their upper adjacent edges, as shown at C, and, when the sections are closed, they form one continuous receptacle for coal or any other substance that it may be desired to carry.

D designates the open bottom frame upon which the car or wagon body rests. This bottorn frame may be provided with suitable traction wheels which are not shown in the accompanying drawings. One of the sections, in the present instance the 'section A, is pivoted to a rigid support which consists in the present instance of two upright posts a, a which are secured at their lower ends firmly to the outside ot the open bottom frame D and which form bearings at their upper ends for pivots c? secured to the said section. The other section of the car or wagon body, in the present instance B, is pivoted to an oscillating support, in the present instance shown as arms b, b', which are pivoted at their lower ends to the inside of the open bottom frame D and at their upper ends form bcarin gs for pivots b2 on the section B. The pivots@2 and b2 are so located upon the sections A and B that when of Kings and State the car is loaded, the contents of each section balances that section upon its pivots so that there is no tendency for the sections to open and dump the contents. l removably secure the bottoms of the two sections A and B together by means of a suitable fastening c, which fastening may be swung out of its locked position when it is desired to dumpV the contents of the car. l provide one of the sections with overlapping Iiaps E on each side Where it adjons the opposite section, so that as the sections are swung apart at their bottoms to dump the contents of the car, the aps prevent the contents from escaping from the sides of the car and direct the contents through the space formed between-the bottoms of the two sections. The downward movement of the two sections is limited by means of inclined faces upon supplementary interior frames d, d which are secured to the bottom frame D.

In operation, when it is desired to dump the contents of the car, I withdraw the fastenin g c and then press downwardly upon the upper adjacent edges of the two sections Where they are hinged together, exerting sutficient pressure to depress the said upper adjacent edges and thereby forcing the lower adjacent edges ot the bottoms of the two sections apart. The said movement inclining the bottoms of the two sections downwardly and inwardly so that the contents of the car is caused to run freely down the inclined bottoms and out of the opening between them. By pivoting one of the sections to an oscillating support it is seen that the upper adjacent edges of the two sections may be hinged closely together and, as the sections are depressed at the center oi' the car, a wide openingis formed between the bottoms of the two sections, thereby allowing the contents oi' the car to be dumped rapidly. It will be seen that by pivoting each of the sections so that the contents of the section balances the same upon its pivot, a very slight pressure upon IOC from the spirit and scope of my invention, hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to what is herein set forth, but

1. In combination, a bottom frame, a body carried thereby comprising two sections hinged together at their upper adjacent edges, a rigid support on the frame for pivotally supporting one of the sections, and an oscillating support pivoted to the frame, for pivotally supporting the other section, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, an open bottom frame, a body carried thereby comprising two sections hinged together at their upper adjacent edges, rigid posts secured to the frame which' serve to pivotally support one of the sections, oscillating arms pivoted to the frame and serving to pivotally support the other section, and stops upon the frame for limiting the tions for preventing the escape of the contents of the body between the sides of the sections when the seid sections are tilted, substantially as set forth.

NATHAN BARNEY.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, ROBERT BACON SEWARD. 

